HF 2660: Relating to decedent property, including deposit accounts, small estate affidavits, and distribution of child support

What it does

This bill relates to decedent property, including deposit accounts, small estate affidavits, and distribution of child support.356 (distribution of property by affidavit) to collect and transfer a decedent’s personal property that would otherwise be distributed by will or intestate succession if the gross value of the personal property is $50,000 or less and the estate includes no real property, or if the death occurred prior to January 1, 2025, the real property passes to a person exempt from inheritance tax as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, and at least days have elapsed since the decedent’s death.

Senate subcommittee · named March 12, 2026

• Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R) · mark.lofgren@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa State Bar Association; The Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel

In plain words

1. February 20, 2026Filed in the House
2. March 9, 2026Passed the House, 90–0
3. March 10, 2026Arrived in the Senate
4. March 12, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Blake and Lofgren
5. March 16, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
6. March 18, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
7. April 7, 2026Passed the Senate, 45–0
8. April 16, 2026Sent to the Governor
9. April 16, 2026Signed into law